Rick Steam is the secondary antagonist of Northward, Turnabout Express. He's an employee hired by Avery Richman to work as a car attendant in The Sliver Star Train.
Biography:[]
The Avery Richman Trial:[]
Rick was a witness in The Avery Richman Trial where he was bribed by the United States Attorney's office or Turnbull to lie so Turnbull can get Avery Richman guilty, Rick having no chance, listened to what they said and did just exactly that.
Northward, Turnabout Express[]
Rick was hired by Avery Richman, who was still in prison to look after the people in The Sliver Star Train, along with others like Regina Loccomoti and more. Richman also said to him and the others to stop the train at a certain destination and to pull out guns, the guns resembles an SMG (Submachine Gun).
After the train stoped and Richman got in, everyone was shocked and scared at the sight of the guns, Richman apologized for scaring them and said he wanted a retrial while the train continues to move, as everyone looks confused, Richman clears up the confusion and everyone introduces themselves, after Turnbull introduced himself be said he's going to get prepared and Rick came with him,Gale Gaelic was around somewhere at Turnbull's
Cabin door so Turnbull killed Gaelic to make the case harder for Pheonix and Maya,after Turnbull murdered Gale Gaelic, Turnbull asked Steam to disguise himself as Gaelic and set the room on fire,Steam disguised as Gaelic and played dead after some time
Maya opened the door and saw the room on fire along
Gaelic's dead body getting shocked by this, Turnbull came to the rescue with an fire extinguisher in his hand and said to everyone to get out of the room, everyone listened to his command and gets out of the room and Turnbull closes the door, after he extinguished the fire, Turnbull gave Rick the time to take off his disguise and Rick his behind the door's left side and Turnbull got out of the room saying he has extinguished the fire as Pheonix and Maya got into the room. The body was gone as Rick slowly made his escape before everyone else turned behind they saw Rick and looked confused and asked him why he is here, Rick replied saying he was wondering if he needed any help, Pheonix and Maya said it's fine so Rick walked off. After a while Gumshoe tried to escape only to be seen by Regina Loccomoti who accidentally shot him and then apologized and even bandaged his wound, after some time Gumshoe and Loccomoti kept trying to connect to Miles Edgeworth. After some arguments with
Pheonix and Maya against Turnbull, Pheonix was able to confirm
Rick was the killer's accomplice. Rick and the others were shocked at this, Avery Richman asked Rick if it was true and Rick said bursting into tears that he payed a large sum of a money or bribed to lie against Richman by
The United States Attorney's Offices, This further helped
Pheonix to indict Turnbull as the culprit,After some time
Gumshoe and Regina finally connected to the screen at the cart where the trial was taking place before this
Miles researched the case and found out the testimonies were manipulated, Miles went to the Chief Prosecutor's Office and he was able to convince them the truth
Fast forward to the current time, Edgeworth spoke up in the screen and the Chief Prosecutor scolds Turnbull for his wrongdoings as Turnbull panics and after
Pheonix and Edgeworth exposed Turnbull, Richman said he's going to blow up this cart and the others side connected to it and let himself die in the explosion, Pheonix and Maya were luckily able to convince Richman otherwise as the others and Richman got out. Gumshoe
Made the train go faster and the cart where the trial took place and the other sides connected to it exploded and the train went on. After the train arrives at an train station
Rick and Turnbull got arrested and sent to prison while Richman is just happy justice was served.
Personality[]
Rick when first introduced was an calm,cool and collected person but once he was exposed he was shown to be very remorseful for his wrongdoings.
Apperance[]
Rick is a 20ish man with a man bun hair and dark hair on the sides, he's seen wearing a yellow jacket with a white shirt on the inside and a black tie and black pants and black shoes.
Breakdown[]
When Phoenix exposed Rick, he started admitting to the truth while tears came out of his eyes signalling he feels remorse for his wrongdoings while Turnbull looks irritated and disappointed in the background.
Trivia[]
- Rick is one of the only the villains from the Ace Attorney Anime to not be a murder alongside Goldy Gerwitz,whose crimes are still unknown.
- Rick is the only remorseful villain and only villain by proxy in the Anime he's the second villain to be a villain in proxy alongside Machi Tobaye and Ron DeLite.
- Rick Steam is one of the few characters who was inspired from Dino Crisis alongside Regina Loccomoti and some other this isn't the first time a Dino Crisis reference was made as the first Dino Crisis reference was in Investigations 1 in the second case Turnabout Airlines where the plane was heading to Borgina,a fictional country originally from Dino Crisis.
External Links[]
Rick Steam on the Ace Attorney Wiki